To summarize, this article provides a brief introduction to the concept of fractals, and simple techniques to estimate the fractal dimension of crumpled paper balls and aerosols.
Fig. 3: The crumpled pieces of paper depicted in Fig. 2
Fig. 4: Plot of ln (M) vs. ln (d) for the crumpled balls
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- J Luo, H D Jang, and J Huang, Effect of sheet morphology on the scalability of graphenebased ultra-capacitors, ACS Nano, 7(2), pp.1464–1471, 2013
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- M Amaku, L B Horodynski-Matsushigue, and P R Pascholati, The fractal dimension of breads, Phys. Teach., 37, pp.480, 1999.
- B K Sapra, Y S Mayya, Arshad Khan, Faby Sunny, Sunil Ganju, and H S Kushwaha, Aerosol studies in a nuclear aerosol test facility under different turbulence conditions, Nuclear Technology, 163, pp.228-244, 2008.
Further readings:
Dr. S Anand
Health, Safety, and Environment Group, BARC, Trombay;
E-Mail: sanand@barc.gov.in
Dr. B K Sapra
Health, Safety, and Environment Group, BARC, Trombay;
E-Mail: bsapra@barc.gov.in
Dr. Y S Mayya
Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Bombay, Mumbai
E-Mail: ysmayya@iitb.ac.in
